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WISCONSIN 




E. PENNINGTON, W. R. CALLAWAY, 

2nd VICE-PRES. & GEN'L PASSENGER 

GEN'L MGR. AGENT. 



MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



'ARM LANDS 

ISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN 



TALK about farms and farming! There is 
nothing in all America like Northern 
Wisconsin and Michigan for general 
farming. Take a trip over the "Soo" road, — say 
from Weyerhaeuser to Sault Ste. Marie,— and 
see for yourself. It won't cost you anything to 
speak of and may mean a fine future for you. 
Tell you what, it must be God's coun- 
try—nature has done so much for it. 
There's the real land of milk and honey. Pov- 
erty-stricken men who settled there a few 
years ago are now living on the fat of plenty 
and are fast becoming rich. The soil is burst- 
ing with wealth. Scarcely any capital is re- 
quired to work it and the land is cheap, — be- 
ing practically given away. It is hard to ex- 
plain why families struggle in cities for mere 
subsistence when they might enjoy the rural 
comforts of agricultural life in Wisconsin and 
Michigan where every mother's son can be a 
king with a realm and every child an heir. 
Unfortunately, very few other than those who 
are already there know of the wonderful re- 
sources and productiveness of the place and 
they usually become so self-interested they 
keep the facts to themselves. Then again this 
region has been so highly reputed for its tim- 
ber value that its farming worth has been but 
recently appreciated. Now it is like the dis- 
covery of a new agricultural world. Home- 
seekers are quietly flocking there. Settlers 
who were headed for districts in the far west 
are busily engaged in building nests in Wis- 
consin and Michigan in the fertile fields along 
the "Soo" line, where the cheapest and most 
profitable crop-producing lands in the North- 
Providence has been lavish in the blessings 
bestowed hereabouts. The conditions are sim- 
ply ideal for farming. To get hold of 40 or 80 
or more acres is like finding money and lots of 
it. Everything is dear here but timber and land 



easily and quickly raise far more than you 
need, but not half as much as you can sell— 
and sell at your own price. Entire crops are 
bought before they are sown. 

might be judged from the 
The character t imber it grows. Much 
Of the land of [t is hardwood,— 

though there are large 
areas where only pines have grown. But 
almost the entire region along the "Soo" line 
in Wisconsin is through the hardwood or clay 
belt. In the words of a German farmer at 
Weyerhaeuser, "The soil is clay and the sub- 
soil more clay." And where pine trees grow 
amid the hardwood forests, the land is very 
productive, especially so when it comes to be 
cropped. No sooner has the forest been cut 
away and fire removed the encumbering brush, 




than blue grass and white clover spring up like 
magic. Even in trails through the forest they 
grow and flourish, though they have to strug- 
gle for life. In Northern Wisconsin the growth 
of clover is phenomenal and the extraordin- 
ary luxuriance of its meadows can scarcely 
be credited by anyone who has never visited 
the country. 

There are thousands and thousands of 
acres of fertile farming-land interspersed with 
lakes and streams, convenient to rail and water 
transportation, owned by land and lumber 
companies, which are now being sold at low 
prices on long time payments. There are fine 
openings for farmers, laborers, manufacturers, 
everyone, — splendid sites for stock-raising, 
dairying, and diversified farming. It is well 
for you to know there are such chances so 



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portation of their goods and families. It is 
to the interest of the "Soo" railroad to aid set- 
tlers to immigrate to Northern Wisconsin and 
Michigan and you can rely on it for reasonable 
help. For any information, write to 

D. W. CASSEDAY 

LAND AND INDUSTRIAL AGENT 
"SOO" LINE 

722 GUARANTY BUILDING 

MINNEAPOLIS 
MINN. 



100,000 ACRES 

TRIBUTARY TO THE 

"SOO" LINE 

FOR SALE IN TRACTS TO SUIT 

FOR FULL PARTICULARS AND PRICES 
Call on or Address 

W. F. CARTER, 

169 E. 3d St., - ST. PAUL, MINN. 



have lived in any of these cities, 
farmer along the "Soo" road any 
is alive with creative power and jj 
brings the marketing of crops down 
Besides, leaving the question of c 
enough people engaged in the wood 
unlimited in its future, that farmers i 
at least a generation to come. Indee 
of farming in northern Wisconsin an< 
ation must acknowledge the undenia 
the rich realities even now being pro< 
some babies and wish to lead a life c 
port, peacefully, contentedly, happily 
age and the end comes, a worthy inh< 
for those you love best in the wc 
yourself and your possessions to this 
married, then there is no better plac 
your labor and your savings — it will 
for you when probably some of your 




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